You can now create your own maps in my battleship game at geoffburns.github.io/battleship/s... geoffburns.blogspot.com/2015/10/penc... or the original blog post by selecting it from the hunt mode dropdown. geoffburns.blogspot.com/2015/10/penc...

you can find the new hide and seek version of my battleship game at geoffburns.github.io/battleship/s... or you and select it from the old version in my blog by selecting it from the hunt mode dropdown. geoffburns.blogspot.com/2015/10/penc...

Added some new maps to the both the paper version and the online version of my battleship game. I also added a hide and seek more to the online game. geoffburns.blogspot.com/2015/10/penc...

Added an online game to my Pencil & Paper Battleships article. So people can try out the different maps before printing them out. geoffburns.blogspot.com/2015/10/penc...

"You’ve Been Using Functional Ideas All Along—Now Understand Them"
Optionals, Lists and Monads. Category theory is not just for functional programmers.
geoffburns.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...

Just updated my article on Continuous Learning & Professional Development Planning!

How to choose the right skills
Strengths vs. weaknesses
T-shaped & π-shaped skillsets

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Updated my old blog post about Giving Feedback and added a part 2 and a part 3
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People keep on asking for smaller maps for my version of the Pencil & Paper Battleships game. So 2 new maps on top of the 2 maps I released 13 days ago for a total of eleven

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New Article:
Why real apps are more than just code—and how aligning Intent, Concept, and Implementation helps you survive geoffburns.blogspot.com/2025/08/deve...

Just added 2 more maps to my blog post on my version of the Pencil & Paper Battleships game! I this makes a total of 9 newish maps that are based on the feedback on the old maps

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Just updated my blog post on the my variation of the Pencil & Paper Battleships game! I added 7 more maps based on the feedback on the old maps

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New Article: Making Work Actually... Flow

Too many bugs, late feedback, and chaotic releases? Your work isn’t flowing—it’s clogging.

How to fix it:
🪓 Split big stories
🔁 Tighten feedback loops
🤖 Automate relentlessly

geoffburns.blogspot.com/2025/07/maki...

finding gold or oil, you need a good map—magnetic, radiometric, or seismic—and an expert to read it. Visualising that data took hours… unless you knew the one guy who did it in a fraction of the time.
I noticed. I asked questions. I improved it dramatically.
geoffburns.blogspot.com/2021/04/posi...

One of the most impactful things I’ve done in my career? Overhauling a broken hiring process—with zero HR background.
It taught me: persistence + action > apathy.
You don’t need to be an expert to start fixing things.
You do need to care.
Blog post: geoffburns.blogspot.com/2014/05/hiri...

Just published a piece on what actually works in team building—beyond trust falls and buzzwords.
Check it out: geoffburns.blogspot.com/2025/07/team...